HIVE increases in value if:
- the person is active (keeps blockchain alive)
- publishes content (earns money for content and helps curators by giving something good to vote for)
- interacts with other users (others see that they are not alone here)
- curates other posts (encorages others)
- promotes herself and content (ecosystem growth)
- buys tokens (creates scarcity and HIVE price goes up)
- builds apps (ecosystem growth)
- trades coins on exchange (ecosystem growth)
- sells products for HIVE (ecosystem growth)
And that has nothing to do with blockchain as it. The same can be done with other blockchain or "system".
RE: How does HIVE increase in value?